Texans invite Boston College QB Patrick Towles to camp

Texans invite Boston College QB Patrick Towles to camp

Adding to the rather lengthy list on the undrafted free agent tally, the Houston Texans have invited quarterback Patrick Towles to the team’s upcoming rookie minicamp.

Towles will try out to hope and make an impression on the Texans. He offers a lot of the same things which drew the team to signing Brock Osweiler before the 2016.

The Boston College product is well-built at just under 6-foot-5 and 245 pounds, and he looks every bit of both. Like Osweiler, he has a pretty strong arm and can really gun the ball when he has room to step into his throw. When he doesn’t, well, like Osweiler there is no real telling where the pass will wind up.

Most fans remember Towles from his days at Kentucky, where he played before transferring to BC as a post-graduate. He’s a very good athlete for his size and even ran some read-option looks.

I saw Towles in person at the Quicklane Bowl in December. Against a Maryland defense which I previously saw surrender 59 points to Michigan, Towles completed less than half his passes and missed a couple of wide open looks down the field. He completed just 50 percent of his passes on the season.

His size and athleticism almost seem to make Towles a candidate for a position change to tight end. Houston already has a QB-to-TE project in Zach Conque from Stephen F. Austin. however.

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